You are cordially invited to the
Civil Society Forum
for the Special
high-level meeting of Economic and Social Council with the BWIs, WTO and
UNCTAD
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2007
Venue: Church Center
777 UN Plaza, 44th Street & 1st
Avenue
New York, NY
Organized by:
NGO Committee on Financing for Development
International Facilitating Group on Financing for
Development
New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
Co-sponsored by Non-governmental Liaison Service
Forum Agenda
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12.00–12.30 |
Light
lunch will be served; those planning to attend the event please
RSVP to Steve O’Neil, Email:
Brosteve@Marianistngo.org
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SESSION 1: Welcome and context
setting
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12.30–1:00 |
Welcome by the three organizing groups
FFD NGO, IFG, NR
* Daniel Platz, FfD Office
* Elisa Peter, NGLS
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SESSION 2: Civil society participation in 16 April ECOSOC meeting w/
BWIs, WTO & UNCTAD
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1.00–2.00 |
Brief presentations by roundtable participants,
interactive discussion. The four roundtable
themes:
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Good
governance at all levels
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Voice and participation of developing countries in global
decision-making
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Effective use of trade to fight poverty “realizing the Doha
development agenda”
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Aid
architecture and aid effectiveness; Innovative sources of
finance
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SESSION 3: Emerging issues
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2.00–3.00
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Open
discussion of emerging issues identified by civil society since the
Monterrey Consensus
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SESSION 4: The Road to Doha
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3.00–3.55 |
Strategy session on civil society advocacy leading up to the 2008
Doha Conference
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4:00 |
End of Forum
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DETAILS FOR OTHER EVENTS
(NOT PART OF THE ABOVE FORUM)
Events on April 16, 2007
New York, NY
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OFFICIAL EVENTS
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10:00–6:00 |
Special
high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the BWIs,
WTO and UNCTAD. Official Sessions including Opening Plenary,
roundtables and closing plenary.
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SIDE
EVENTS
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1.15–2.45
Conf.
Room 7 |
Panel Discussion on “System-wide Coherence: Drawing the implications
for the Role of the UN and other Multilateral Institutions in
development”
Organized by UN-NGLS, UBUNTU, ITUC, WFM, and the Rethinking
Bretton Woods Project of the Center of Concern
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6.00–7:15
Conf.
Room D |
Panel
Discussion on “Trade and Finance Linkages for Promoting Development”
Organized by NGO Committee on Financing for Development in
cooperation with the Center of Concern, German Marshall Fund and the
by South Center
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Events on April 17, 2007
New York, NY
For more information, please contact:
Philo Morris,
philoa@medicalmissionsisters.org (FFD NGO)
Nadia Johnson,
nadia@wedo.org (IFG)
Jo Marie Griesgraber,
jgriesgraber@new-rules.org (NR)
